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![Steve and I worked in Melbourne while the girls flaked out in the house during the first week of the school holidays. Steve took them out to an indoor play […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Black-Rock-July-2022-115x115.jpg "Away and home")
Away and home
Posted on July 31, 2022 | No CommentsSteve and I worked in Melbourne while the girls flaked out in the house during the first week of the school holidays. Steve took them out to an indoor play […] -
![Twelve years ago since that equally cold, grey day when the girls were born, it doesn’t seem like that long. The great excitement as usual of opening large packages, so […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/girls12-115x115.jpg "Party, Work, Rest, Party")
Party, Work, Rest, Party
Posted on June 26, 2022 | No CommentsTwelve years ago since that equally cold, grey day when the girls were born, it doesn’t seem like that long. The great excitement as usual of opening large packages, so […] -
![Holidays. As Leigh Sales also mentioned that she was feeling in her latest podcast, I was really hanging out for them. We had planned our decompression in three chapters: a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Nowra-IMG_3864-115x115.jpg "Night and Day")
Night and Day
Posted on July 26, 2020 | No CommentsHolidays. As Leigh Sales also mentioned that she was feeling in her latest podcast, I was really hanging out for them. We had planned our decompression in three chapters: a […] -
![This winter holidays we had two weeks in New Zealand. I hadn’t been since I was four, and I don’t remember anything about that trip except the plane and my […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/NZ-IMG_1636-115x115.jpg "Kiwiland")
Kiwiland
Posted on July 28, 2019 | No CommentsThis winter holidays we had two weeks in New Zealand. I hadn’t been since I was four, and I don’t remember anything about that trip except the plane and my […] -
![I read a book by Donald Horne once (he was the one who ironically coined the term ‘the Lucky Country’ but people didn’t pick up the irony), in which he […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_1366-bike-115x115.jpg "Breath")
Breath
Posted on April 28, 2019 | No CommentsI read a book by Donald Horne once (he was the one who ironically coined the term ‘the Lucky Country’ but people didn’t pick up the irony), in which he […] -
![We had a week’s winter holiday, making the most of what the city and country have to offer. In the city, the girls had fun at a play centre called […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_0324-cow-115x115.jpg "Catching our breath")
Catching our breath
Posted on July 28, 2018 | No CommentsWe had a week’s winter holiday, making the most of what the city and country have to offer. In the city, the girls had fun at a play centre called […] -
![Last week we had a family ‘back to Ballarat’ where Dad grew up. Maggie, the girls, Oli and I took a road trip to get there. We stopped at a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_0035-Sov-Hill-2-115x115.jpg "Gold")
Gold
Posted on April 29, 2018 | No CommentsLast week we had a family ‘back to Ballarat’ where Dad grew up. Maggie, the girls, Oli and I took a road trip to get there. We stopped at a […] -
![We’ve just been down to the Victorian coast for ten days during these Easter holidays. The girls jumped straight on the Powerwings (a type of scooter) when we arrived and were […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SANTCASTLES-115x115.jpg "The science of sandcastles")
The science of sandcastles
Posted on April 30, 2017 | No CommentsWe’ve just been down to the Victorian coast for ten days during these Easter holidays. The girls jumped straight on the Powerwings (a type of scooter) when we arrived and were […] -
![Yesterday was the first day of the school holidays. Usually we leave town as soon as possible but we were staying for mum’s 70th birthday dinner celebration, and during the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-MUMS-CAKE-115x115.jpg "Connecting and celebrating")
Connecting and celebrating
Posted on September 25, 2016 | No CommentsYesterday was the first day of the school holidays. Usually we leave town as soon as possible but we were staying for mum’s 70th birthday dinner celebration, and during the […] -
![‘Mummy, why can’t you tell us who came out of your tummy first? I think it’s Lara because her tooth fell out first.’ One of the most exciting things about […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/teeth-115x115.jpg "Milky white days")
Milky white days
Posted on July 31, 2016 | No Comments‘Mummy, why can’t you tell us who came out of your tummy first? I think it’s Lara because her tooth fell out first.’ One of the most exciting things about […]